• SCB@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Yeah the only issue here is “Caucasians” is roughly similar in emotional weight to “native Americans.”

    Shirt should say like, “crackers” or something

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      11 months ago

      Cracker doesn’t even have enough contextual weight. Whitey is about as heavy as I can think of and even that doesn’t carry much weight for the people it should.

      Source: I’m literally whiter than Casper the friendly ghost, and I actually care. The Americans I’m talking about just don’t care.

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      11 months ago

      Even that word has no pull nowadays. I don’t know any white people that are even bothered by it in the least. I am one half Caucasian and I know for sure that it has no affect at all on me. I think it’s a kind of funny word, actually. We need something with more spice to it for sure. Mayo monkies? Snow roaches? Marshmallow minions?

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          11 months ago

          Eh… folks from County Mayo might feel unfairly singled out.

          I would have thought that if redskins is the settler pejorative for native americans then Paleface (or the like) is the thematic riposte.